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June 3, 2022 Statement to The Israeli Knesset Via Scriptwriters Guild of Israel International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG) Letter of Support The shift towards the distribution of audio-visual programs via online platforms has significantly changed the traditional film and television landscape. While consumers have better access to content from all around the world, the same content is flooding local markets, threatening to drown local creative voices and silence local stories. These voices and stories create a legacy, bring people together and strengthen heritage and diversity. The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG), representing a global community of creators and storytellers who face the same challenges to our own local voices and heritage, encourages the Israeli government to confront this content creation and distribution shift head-on. Some of our governments have already enacted, or tabled, legislation to regulate OTT services, implemented local content quotas and/or funding requirements for the major international streamers. We would be happy to provide a summary of such initiatives, should it be helpful to your current, important, efforts to develop a made-in- Israel solution. Respectfully, Thomas McLaughlin Chair, IAWG Policy and Research Group Per IAWG Member Guilds: La Guilde Française des Scénaristes (La Guilde); New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG); Scriptwriters Guild of Israel (SGI); Screenwriters Association, India (SWA); Screenwriters Guild of Korea (SGK); Sindicato de Guionistas (ALMA); Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma (SARTEC); Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren (VDD); Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE); Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW); Writers Guild of Canada (WGC); Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB); Writers Guild of Ireland (WGI); Writers’ Guild of South Africa (WGSA)